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According to company filings with the state regulators, Blue Cross of California has more than $1 billion in premium funded reserves in…
Jun 18, 2004Give Lip Service to Patient Protections
Jun 18, 2004The Argus (Fremont, CA) Californians need help as well from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The governor has taken $300,000 from the pharmaceutical industry.…
Jun 17, 2004After Wood's Dismissive Reaction to Enron Tapes Exposing Energy Market Manipulation
Jun 16, 2004FERC Chairman Was Twice Appointed By Bush At Ken Lay's Request
Jun 16, 2004
MARKETPLACE - National Public Radio If time is money, why are corporations the only ones who charge for wasting it? When our…
Jun 16, 2004Copley News Service On Wednesday, a consumer group, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, based in Santa Monica, Calif., also criticized…
Jun 16, 2004The Wall Street Journal The California officials at the press conference said they would ask the department of managed health care to…
Jun 15, 2004
Citing concerns that a pending buyout of Blue Cross of California's parent company would allow executives to siphon $792 million, in a…
Jun 14, 2004Consumer Group Says $792 Million & Patient Care in Jeopardy
Jun 14, 2004LAWMAKERS STRUGGLE WITH ENERGY BLUEPRINTSan Jose Mercury News (California) "Deregulation is a dangerous game, and we should not put Californians back on…
Jun 14, 2004LAWMAKERS AIM TO SHIELD INTERNET, CELL USERSThe Daily News of Los Angeles "There's never been a point in history when consumers were…
Jun 14, 2004Associated Press "Hundreds of millions of dollars in pay-outs to HMO executives would undermine patient care and the stability of the merged…
Jun 14, 2004CalPERS, Angelides denounce proposed mergerThe Daily News of Los Angeles Health care premiums will be driven up to pay for executives' golden…
Jun 13, 2004MORE SMALL-BUSINESS OWNERS, SELF-EMPLOYED GOING WITHOUT HEALTH CARE INSURANCEThe Daily News of Los Angeles "What we need to have is a baseline…
Jun 13, 2004Georgia Blue Cross officials could average $425,000 in acquisition.The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The payouts, which would be made by Anthem, have been denounced…
Jun 12, 2004Reuters "The merger should be delayed until these questions are answered," Flanagan [of FTCR] said."It's becoming unlikely this will be worked out…
Jun 10, 2004